Their brokerage might not allow or have E & O Insurance for completing BPO's.Many appraisers also do BPO's but likely these days with so many regular home sales paying 400 to 500 a pop for appraisals likely do not do as many anymore.The cost offered to complete the BPO, timeline to complete (days,weeks), location (rural, suburban, urban core), Exterior or Interior BPO, whether map photos or drive by photos are required,etc.I do not think a broker/agent would want to complete a BPO for an unknown person as there is no surety of getting paid for the time invested.

Thanks.Nanette Miller Hi Nanette,if its showing up on your tax returns as a second home (on Schedule A instead of Schedule E) then there are ways to get equity out of the property above 80%.I have access to a HELOC to 85% up to 350k max loan amount for second home properties.However, if this property pops up on your Schedule E, myself and many other lenders will consider this property a rental property and it will be in unicorn status to find any debt capital above 80% LTV just FYI.Best Regards,

@Eric TanHe would still have ownership which makes him responsible to maintain R E Taxes and insurance unless you structured a Triple Net Lease.

You and your other investors can avoid the 1065 filing requirement and just split income and expenses on your schedule E(s) for your individual return(s).You may have very good reasons for forming a partnership.

@Charlotte E. two things on this:  Yes, a VA loan would have a problem with this property and the condition of the bathroom. 

Originally posted by @Ryan E.

Thanks, Trexie E

Assuming this is just a plain vanilla rental, it should not be subject to self-employment tax, and it belongs on Schedule E, not Schedule C, where it sounds like your tax software is currently putting it. 

If there is a way for me to upload my calculator (pictured above) I will, or I can e-mail it to anyone who asks. 

., there was a technical error, and the section of the tax code describing 15-year property (Section 168(e)(3)(E)) was in fact not amended to include qualified improvement property.So for now, strictly-speaking, in 2018, qualified improvement property is regular old 39-year property that is not eligible for bonus depreciation.We do expect that a technical correction to the law will be made, but for now the IRS has actually stated that it cannot guarantee that absent legislative correction it will accept the legislatively intended change in recovery period and bonus eligibility.Anyway, this is neither here nor there since you have stated you are a landlord of residential rental property rather than non-residential real estate.And this does not affect the application of 100% bonus depreciation to both qualifying new and used property place in service after 9/27/17 and before 1/1/23 that @Yonah Weiss pointed out.